The Beat Generation: Trance Playlist

posted in: Reviews & Playlists

Woooooooooosh. Can you feel it (it’s in the air, it’s in the air? Sorry). That sudden, uplifting blast? Those sweet strains of melody floating through your speakers?

It’s Sunday, the weekend’s almost over and the working week is fast approaching. We still aren’t quite out of winter’s grasp yet, and for all we know it could be cloudy where you live. If you need a little pick me up, we’re here to help. We’ve concocted a playlist of some of best melodic trance that OurStage has to offer.

Trance seems to be a somewhat misunderstood genre in the mainstream. Many casual listeners would have a hard time distinguishing trance from better known strains such as house, techno and electro even though some of the biggest electronic music producers in the world”like, oh, I don’t know”Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren and Paul Oakenfold, all make trance music. With elements like strong melody, a dancable rhythm and tempo and frequently swathed in reverb and delay, it’s no surprise that trance was once the most popular form of dance music in the world. Get into it.

And now, onto the playlist. If you like what you hear, be sure to head over to the Electronica Channel for some more.